About Us 
Northwest Morgans is a small Morgan operation located at the lovely Patchwood Farm in Hillsboro, Oregon.  Owners Shelley and Robert Bullard, and farm manager Melissa Bullard, have over 18 years experience showing Morgans in the Northwest circuit, and are now available to assist you with your learning and showing endeavors.

Melissa Bullard
Melissa Bullard is the manager, trainer, and
instructor at Northwest Morgans. 

Melissa offers training and instruction to horses and riders of most levels and disciplines. She strives to work with each horse and rider team to draw out strengths and meet their needs. Melissa's qualifications and honors include:

• Training under several top Morgan trainers in the Northwest.
• 2004 American Morgan Horse Association National Youth of the Year, in which capacity she served as the Morgan ambassador for a month in South Africa, meeting horse people and riding lots of horses.
• Bachelor's Degree from Cornell University.
• 2 years English focused riding (huntseat and jumping) with top equitation instructors at Cornell University
• Advanced, Open, and Reining point rider for the Cornell Western Equestrian Team.
• Taught for Cornell University Animal Science and Outdoor Education Departments.
• Managed community based after school program servicing 20 youth members and staffed by 30 volunteers.
• Trained and presented horses for sale in New York prior to moving back to Oregon.
• Worked as job coach and job-training center supervisor at Challenge Employment Services.
• Attends clinics and reads journals to stay updated on equine health topics, stable management, training techniques, and teaching strategies

 Robert & Shelley Bullard
Owners of Northwest Morgans

Everyone says Shelley Edling Bullard married smart when she chose her veterinarian, Dr. Robert Bullard as her husband. Naturally, he thinks he was the one doing the choosing.  In either event they united to build a farm they are proud of, raise two wonderful daughters who are also talented equestrians, and support each other in a variety of equestrian activities.

Dr. Bob - as all call him - a veterinarian for over 35 years, owns and operates two veterinary clinics in Cornelius, Oregon and Forest Grove, Oregon. He also makes time to keep the farm in order; oversee horse health needs; supervise breeding activities from breeding fitness examination to foaling and imprinting; make sure the truck and trailer are in good repair; and, even enjoy occasionally showing a harness horse and more frequently, trail riding.

Shelley is a lifelong horsewoman, and dedicated competitor in saddleseat, harness, trail and western disciplines. She grew up with Arabians, but appreciates the qualities of a good stock horse too. Although Morgans are her chosen breed due to their outgoing personalities and versatility, she can be heard to say she never met a horse she didn't like.

Both Dr. Bob and Shelley are pleased to recommend Melissa Bullard, an exceptional equine professional, to horsemen and women of all disciplines and all ages.